Number bases

  • More Secret Transmissions
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    More Secret Transmissions

    Age
    16 to 18
    Challenge level
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    In 'Secret Transmissions', Agent X could send four-digit codes error free. Can you devise an error-correcting system for codes with more than four digits?
  • Learn About Number Bases
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    Learn About Number Bases

    We are used to writing numbers in base ten, using 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9. Eg. 75 means 7 tens and five units. This article explains how numbers can be written in any number base.
  • The Knapsack Problem and Public Key Cryptography
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    The Knapsack Problem and Public Key Cryptography

    An example of a simple Public Key code, called the Knapsack Code is described in this article, alongside some information on its origins. A knowledge of modular arithmetic is useful.
  • A Story About Absolutely Nothing
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    A Story About Absolutely Nothing

    This article for the young and old talks about the origins of our number system and the important role zero has to play in it.

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